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Endurance action heating up

04/01/2018 11:49

Teams have stepped up rider training to sharpen their competitive edge as winter tests continue. Expect some thrilling moments and a hard-fought contest this April at the 24 Heures Motos, the second round of the 2017-2018 FIM EWC.

The 2017-2018 FIM EWC season got underway with the Bol d’Or last September. Reigning FIM EWC champion GMT94 Yamaha won that race. David Checa, Mike Di Meglio and Niccolò Canepa will once again be the favourites at the 24 Heures Motos this April, but their rivals too are gearing up for the rest of the season.

Even as Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, YART Yamaha, Honda Endurance Racing and F.C.C. TSR Honda France fine-tune the performance of their regular line-ups, other squads have ramped up their ambitions, hiring new riders and beefing up their training programmes. Such as Team SRC Kawasaki, who have now announced they will be racing the entire season to chase their goal of a world title. The French factory-backed team managed by Gilles Stafler has put together a new line-up comprising Randy de Puniet, Mathieu Gines, Jérémy Guarnoni and Morgan Berchet.

Team Bolliger Switzerland (Kawasaki) has also brought in new blood. Robin Mulhauser, Sébastien Suchet and Roman Stamm now comprise the all-Swiss team. After making its mark in Endurance for close to 25 years, the private team is poised to give the factory squads a run for their money.

AMSS TRB ViDra Team Serbia has made changes too. The YART Yamaha-backed team has unveiled a new line-up for the 24 Heures Motos: Sheridan Morais, Marko Jerman, Brandon Cretu and Dalibor Miletic.

Team April Moto Motors Events returns to the Suzuki foldTeam April Moto Motors Events has confirmed it is fielding its usual trio of riders: Mathieu Lagrive, Baptiste Guittet and Grégory Fastré. But after racing for a year on a Honda, the team is returning to the fray on a Suzuki. Team April Moto Motors Events won the FIM Superstock World Cup twice, in 2011 and 2013, and third place in the 2016 FIM EWC championship, on a Suzuki.

Fresh developments in the Superstock classJunior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki, the third Superstock past the finish line at the Bol d’Or after Tati Team Beaujolais Racing and Team 33 Accessoires Louit Moto, will be fielding an all-new team at the 24 Heures Motos in Le Mans – by all accounts a highly competitive line-up. Louis Rossi, Hugo Clere and Alex Sarrabayrouse will be riding the Suzuki #72. If they manage a podium finish at 24 Heures Motos, Junior Team Le Mans Sud Suzuki will likely enter the two remaining races of the Superstock season, the 8 Hours of Slovakia Ring and the 8 Hours of Oschersleben, to continue its pursuit of the FIM Superstock World Cup.

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With 60 teams from 13 different countries on the grid and more than 200 riders representing 21 different nationalities entered for this 41st edition, the 2018 24 Heures Motos has a decidedly international slant. This second round of the 2017-2018 FIM EWC endurance world championship will be flagged off at 3pm on Saturday 21 April on the Bugatti circuit in Le Mans.

With 60 teams from 13 different countries on the grid and more than 200 riders representing 21 different nationalities entered for this 41st edition, the 2018 24 Heures Motos has a decidedly international slant. This second round of the 2017-2018 FIM EWC endurance world championship will be flagged off at 3pm on Saturday 21 April on the Bugatti circuit in Le Mans.

With less than 40 days to go until the 24 Heures Motos, excitement in the Superstock class has reached fever pitch. Performance levels in this category – open to bikes that are very close to standard – have got better and better, and the battle for the Superstock win gets more heated with every race. The competition for FIM EWC World Cup has been thrown wide open.

With less than 40 days to go until the 24 Heures Motos, excitement in the Superstock class has reached fever pitch. Performance levels in this category – open to bikes that are very close to standard – have got better and better, and the battle for the Superstock win gets more heated with every race. The competition for FIM EWC World Cup has been thrown wide open.

Suzuka 8 Hours returnee Team HRC Honda has unveiled the CBR 1000 RRW with which it will be targeting the win. Team HRC is officially back in the running after a 10-year absence, with Tohru Ukawa, a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours, as team manager.

Suzuka 8 Hours returnee Team HRC Honda has unveiled the CBR 1000 RRW with which it will be targeting the win. Team HRC is officially back in the running after a 10-year absence, with Tohru Ukawa, a five-time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours, as team manager.

With 40 days to go until the rubber meets the track at the 24 Heures Motos, a handful of favourites headed to Le Mans for some early testing on the Bugatti circuit. Going by their performances, we’re in for an intense and thrilling race.

With 40 days to go until the rubber meets the track at the 24 Heures Motos, a handful of favourites headed to Le Mans for some early testing on the Bugatti circuit. Going by their performances, we’re in for an intense and thrilling race.

Boosted by a second-place finish at the Bol d’Or, German team Wepol by Penz13 is now targeting the world title with a revamped line-up. Rico Penzkofer has recruited Michael Laverty and Christian Iddon to be Danny Webb’s co-riders on the BMW #13.

Boosted by a second-place finish at the Bol d’Or, German team Wepol by Penz13 is now targeting the world title with a revamped line-up. Rico Penzkofer has recruited Michael Laverty and Christian Iddon to be Danny Webb’s co-riders on the BMW #13.

Honda Endurance Racing has announced its final 24 Heures Motos line-up to carry on the good work after the team’s third-place finish at the Bol d’Or. Three endurance specialists – Sébastien Gimbert, Grégory Leblanc and Erwan Nigon – will be riding the factory Honda #111.

Honda Endurance Racing has announced its final 24 Heures Motos line-up to carry on the good work after the team’s third-place finish at the Bol d’Or. Three endurance specialists – Sébastien Gimbert, Grégory Leblanc and Erwan Nigon – will be riding the factory Honda #111.

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